2023 Mid Ulster District Council election

The 2023 election to Mid Ulster District Council is scheduled to be held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.[1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[2]

Main article: 2023 Northern Ireland local elections
2023 Mid Ulster District Council election
18 May 2023
All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Michelle O'Neill[n 1] Jeffrey Donaldson Doug Beattie
Party Sinn Féin DUP Ulster Unionist
Last election 17 9 6
Seats before 17 9 6
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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Leader Colum Eastwood
Party SDLP Independent
Last election 6 2
Seats before 5 2
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

TBC

They will return 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Election results
Mid Ulster District Council Election Result 2023
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Sinn Féin
  DUP
  SDLP
  Ulster Unionist
  Independent
  Aontú
  Alliance
  TUV
  Labour Alternative

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
Results of the 2023 Mid Ulster District Council election
by district
District Electoral Area (DEA)  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
 Total
cllrs
Sinn Féin SDLP UUP DUP Independents and others
Carntogher 5
Clogher Valley 6
Cookstown 7
Dungannon 6
Magherafelt 5
Moyola 5
Torrent 6
Total 40

District results

Carntogher

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2023:

2019–2023 Change:

Carntogher - 5 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
TUV James Artt
DUP Kyle Black*
Sinn Féin Córa Corry*
SDLP Martin Kearney*
Sinn Féin Paddy Kelly
Aontú Noreen McEldowney
Sinn Féin Brian McGuigan*
Sinn Féin Sean McPeake*
Valid:   Quota:  

    Clogher Valley

    2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

    2023:

    2019–2023 Change:

    Clogher Valley - 6 seats[3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    DUP Frances Burton*
    Sinn Féin Gael Gildernew
    Ulster Unionist Meta Graham*
    SDLP Sharon McAleer*
    Sinn Féin Eugene McConnell
    Independent Kevin McElvogue
    Sinn Féin Sean McGuigan*
    DUP Mark Robinson*
    Valid:   Quota:  

      Cookstown

      2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

      2023:

      2019–2023 Change:

      Cookstown - 7 seats[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Sinn Féin Gavin Bell*
      DUP Wilbert Buchanan*
      DUP Eva Cahoon
      Ulster Unionist Mark Glasgow*
      Alliance Chris Hillcox
      TUV Timothy Hagan
      Sinn Féin Cathal Mallaghan*
      SDLP Kerri Martin*
      Sinn Féin John McNamee*
      Independent Louise Taylor
      Ulster Unionist Trevor Wilson*
      Valid:   Quota:  

        Dungannon

        2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

        2023:

        2019–2023 Change:

        Dungannon - 6 seats[3]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        DUP James Burton
        Labour Alternative Gerry Cullen
        DUP Clement Cuthbertson*
        Alliance Claire Hackett
        Ulster Unionist Ian Irwin
        SDLP Karol McQuade
        Sinn Féin Dominic Molloy*
        Independent Barry Monteith*
        Aontú Denise Mullen*
        TUV Kinley Tenner
        Sinn Féin Deirdre Varsani
        Independent Marian Vincent
        Valid:   Quota:  

          Magherafelt

          2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

          2023:

          2019–2023 Change:

          Magherafelt - 5 seats[3]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          Ulster Unionist Ian Brown
          DUP Wesley Brown*
          Sinn Féin Sean Clarke*
          Alliance Padraic Farrell
          TUV Raymond Love
          SDLP Christine McFlynn*
          DUP Paul McLean*
          Sinn Féin Darren Totten*
          Valid:   Quota:  

            Moyola

            2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

            2023:

            2019–2023 Change:

            Moyola - 5 seats[3]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1
            DUP Anne Forde*
            Aontú Sheila Fullerton
            Sinn Féin Jolene Groogan
            SDLP Denise Johnston
            Ulster Unionist Derek McKinney*
            Sinn Féin Donal McPeake*
            Sinn Féin Ian Milne*
            TUV Glenn Moore
            Alliance Caleb Ross
            Valid:   Quota:  

              Torrent

              2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

              2023:

              2019–2023 Change:

              Torrent - 6 seats[3]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1
              DUP Jonathan Buchanan
              Sinn Féin Eimear Carney
              Ulster Unionist Robert Colvin*
              Alliance Simon Graham
              Sinn Féin Paul Kelly
              Independent Dan Kerr*
              Sinn Féin Niall McAleer
              Sinn Féin Nuala McLernon
              SDLP Malachy Quinn*
              Independent Teresa Quinn
              Valid:   Quota:  

                Notes
                1. The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.

                References
                1. "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
                2. "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
                3. "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
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